Shipping-crate.



S. F. BAGG.

SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.1-5. I914.

1 1 90,367 Patented July 11, 1916.

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SAMUEL r. BAGG, or TROY, new YORK.

SHIPPING-CRATE.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented my ii, 1916.

Application filed October 15, 1914. Serial No. 866,771.

To all whom it may concern:

' citizen of the United tates of America, re-

siding at the city of Troy, in the county of Bensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Crates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shipping crates, and the object of my invention is to provide a light, durable and inexpensive package for shipping eggs or other fragile articles; together with such elements and combinations as are hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed. I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: 7

Figure 1 is an inverted plan. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the arrangement of the tape, F. Fig. 3 is a vertical section along the lines, 22, on Fig. 1. Fig. l is a vertical section along the lines, 22, on Fig. 1, showing the position of the pockets when the tapes are not drawn into place. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cover pieces, 0.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In order to provide for sending by parcel post fragile articles, such as eggs, I have provided a light, serviceable and inexpensive crate in which the eggs are suspended in such position that, although the crate may be subjected to strain and blows, the contents will not be dislodged or broken.

I construct in cylindrical form, of wire, open at top and bottom, a jacket, A, pro vided at both top and bottom with an inwardly projecting flange, B. Secured to the oppositely disposed wire flanges, B, B, and separated from the jacket, A, I place a cloth tube, D. The cloth tube, D, may be held in position at the bottom by means of suitable hooks, b, b, passing through eyelets along the lower edge of the cloth tube, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4:, and at the upper edges may be secured by means of a tape, H, passing through eyelets along the upper edge of the cloth tube, said tape held by the hooks, (Z, cl, of the flange, B. By the adj ustment of the tape, H, the cloth tube may be drawn taut and held securely in position,

.wires, g, of the jacket.

maintaining a suitable space between the cloth tube and the jacket, A, as shown in the figures.

In the cloth tube, I arrange a series of pockets or nests, E, by sewing or otherwise securing to the interior of the cloth tube, D, the lower edge and sides of a fabric, 7, forming a series of nests or pockets, E, extending from near the bottom of the tubes, D, to near the top thereof and provided with two shirr strings or tape, F, the one near the top of the pockets or nests and the other about midway between the ends. As thus arranged, there may be two layers of eggs, G, G, placed within each of the pockets or nests, E, held from contact with each other by the shirr strings, F, which is midway between the ends of the nests, and prevented from falling out by the shirr string nearest the upper end ofthe pockets or nests. Each of the shirr strings, F, passes around each of the pockets or nests, E, and then around the intervening wires forming the jacket, A,thus around one nest and then around a wire, etc., until the two ends of the shirr string, F, are brought together, where they may be tied around one of the By pulling the shirr strings, F, together as shown in Fig.

3, the eggs, G, are held in the nests and pro- 7 tected by the jacket from any blows or rough usage to which the crate may be subjected. 1

At'both top and bottom of the jacket, A, I may place the cover pieces, C, of any convenient form, which extend across the top and bottom, the ends of the cover pieces fitting beneath the flange, B, and the two cover pieces are held together by a suitable strap, K, passing through the crate and tied to the cover pieces at each end of the crate.

I do not limit myself to the form or manner of connecting the cover pieces.

I may put in more or less layers of articles.

I do not limit myself to the construction of the crate of any particular material; instead of wire it may be made of aluminum, preferably of something light.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A cylindrical receptacle provided with an interiorly extending flange at the top In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

SAMUEL F. BAGG.

thereof; a fabric supported by said flange and secured to the bottom of the receptacle; a flexible material secured to said fabric near its loWer edge; and means for drawing said flexible material toward said fabric along its upper edge substantially as described.

l/Vitnesses:

BEULAH CABLE, FREDERICK W. CAMERON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

